Mmn. [ another sip, slower this time. ]

I am but a single scale of the Sea God, but even I am not free from the current, it seems. But perhaps that is not complete sacrilege. After all, my tendency to be stubborn comes from him just as well.

[ it's something he needed to hear, even if it's something he will sit on for a few more days before actually acting on it fully. oz won't get a thank you, but he does get a warm smile instead. ]